Six men sentenced to life over rape of Swiss tourist in India

Six men charged over the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman holidaying in India have been sentenced to life terms by a court in central India.

The six men were detained soon after the attack on the Swiss woman in mid-March in a remote, forested area of Datia district in central Madhya Pradesh state where the victim was camping with her husband.

Her 30-year-old husband was tied up as the woman was assaulted and the pair were also robbed, according to police.

Only four of the six were charged with gang-rape because testimony from the victim said two of them were "only present at the crime scene", according to M.L. Dhody, a Datia police officer.

The other two accused were charged with assault and robbery.

The rape of the Swiss woman came three months after the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi in December, which brought simmering anger about the treatment of women in India to the surface.

India's legal system has faced intense scrutiny over its efforts to curb violence against women following the Delhi rape.

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